宗鏡錄 94.47

94.47

The Shengji pusa suojie zhufa jing says: 'The Dharma is only a single word, namely the word "non-existence". Originally there is no speech; one should know that non-speech is true speech.'

Explanation: The mind is the king among single words, encompassing the entire boundless ocean of teachings. The mind is the mother of the wisdom of all buddhas, expressing the inexhaustible true teachings. If one can clarify this and enter with decisive faith, then the Tathāgata constantly does not expound the Dharma, which is called being complete in broad learning; it is also 'wishing only to hear little, but understanding much of the principle and purport'—this is precisely the purport. Hence the commentary on the Nirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'The meaning of nirvāṇa is vast and inexhaustible. If one wishes to present one to encompass all, to point to salt to speak of the ocean, it is none other than the one mind.'